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SpaceX plans to roll out the water-cooled steel deluge plate, which will suppress the energy of the Super Heavy booster for the second integrated flight test. The plate will be moved vertically from the production to the launch site and placed below the OLM. The road closure is from 9PM to 11PM central time.
Falcon 9 is launching the European Space Agency Euclid Telescope. Liftoff is scheduled to occur from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Florida on July 1st at 11:12AM EDT (15:12 UTC). The first stage, B1080, is flying for a second time and will land on A Shortfall Of Gravitas. Euclid is set to survey one third of the sky to uncover the origin and nature of dark matter and dark energy in our universe.
Michael Sheetz@thesheetztweetzScoop – One of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engines exploded during a test firing in Texas on June 30, according to CNBC sources.The engine was to be delivered this month to ULA for Vulcan’s Cert-2 launch. More:
The last one to go up was the sixteenth launch and landing for a booster.
This reusable rocket stuff will never work
Chris Bergin - NSF@NASASpaceflight·12hJAXA's Epsilon S solid rocket motor exploded during testing
